A man with a wild head of hair and beard stands with his arms crossed in a parlor as the ladies look on in horror. An older gentleman addresses a young woman on the right. The caption below reads: What a shocking place of education, but it's the fashion you know
Description:
Title etched below image., Imprint statement flanks both side of title., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Depicts a well-dressed lady approaching a table where a striped chair is being held for her by a young black serving boy. At the table are seated a bald and bearded man, and on his left, seated on a sofa, a lady wearing an ermine trimmed robe. The table holds a silver urn and various dishes on a tray. On the walls are two paintings of what appear to be seduction scenes and a wall sconce with mirror
Alternative Title:
One of the tribe of Levi, going to breakfast with a young Christian
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Printed for R. Sayer & J. Bennett ... No. 53 Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
England. and England
Subject (Topic):
Jews, Judaism, Relations, Christianity, Sofas, Furniture, Sconces, Paintings, Tableware, Black people, Servants, Interiors, and Clothing & dress
A tall thin violinist stands under a tree on the left serenading a motley group of grotesque-looking individuals, one having a pegleg, as 2 dogs bark accompaniment. In the background is a high stone wall
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark with partial loss of imprint., and Sheet extended to 29 x 38 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. as y act directs, Augst. 27, 1782 by Turner, Sno[w Hill]
"Twelve single figures arranged in two rows, their complacent soliloquies etched above their heads, e.g. [3] An ugly woman dressed in a travesty of the fashion, with one large feather in her hair, large ear-rings, and an enormous oval miniature slung from her neck, holds up a small parasol, projecting at an angle from its clumsy stick. She says: "True happiness undoubtedly consists in an elegant taste for the Bon Ton." [4] A stout ugly woman says: "Though I am none of your flan dan Ladies I believe I can buy one half of them." One of a set."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., Publisher's advertisement following imprint: Folios of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening., Design consists of twelve figures in two rows, each with lines of text etched above., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on right and left edges., Plate numbered in upper right corner: Vol. 1, pl. 15., and Restrike. Watermark: J. Whatman 1824.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany. 1st, 1796, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly, corner of Sackville Street
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Jewelry, Military uniforms, and British
On a wooden platform a crowned goose, representing George III, lays its head on the executioner's block. To the left standing over the goose is a fox with a raised axe. On the far left Lord North and on the right a young man (the Prince of Wales?) dance with joy at each end of the scaffold. A satire on the Prince's dislike of the King and his association with Charles Fox
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Mounted to 27 x 35 cm., and Characters are identified in pencil above each figure, from left to right: Ld North, Fox, Burke.
Publisher:
Pubd. by Darchery May 30, 1783, St. James's Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and England
Subject (Name):
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Geese, Foxes, Executions, and Clothing & dress
Charles Fox, with a fox's head in a wig, tilts to one side a wheelbarrow in which Lord Shelburne (William Petty) lies on his back, his arms and legs uncomfortably outstretched. Above them, Lord North as Boreas among the clouds, directs a strong blast on Shelburne's face. The text below the title, "The Devil can't Stand against A Double force. Vide the Votes of H: C: on ye. 18. [i.e., 17th] of Feby 1783," refers to the first of the two votes that, following the new coalition between Fox and North, led to Shelburne's resignation on February 24, 1783
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Sheet mounted to 43 x 30 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. by E. D. Achery [sic]. Feb. 28. 1783 St. James Street
Subject (Geographic):
England and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805., and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792.
Subject (Topic):
Wheelbarrows, Winds, Clothing & dress, and Politics and government
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
[2 February 1773]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3563 v.1 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Volume 1, page 5. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs. Page 45. Bunbury
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A young woman standing on a hill-side directed to right, looking towards the viewer, holding a crook in her right hand, her left at her apron which is looped in her waist-band, her hands joined under her apron, wearing a broad-brimmed hat over a veil, a cross and chain around her neck and a gown with a laced bodice, with three goats and a church on a hill in the background to left; after Bunbury."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Initial letters of artist's name in signature form a monogram., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Mounted on page 5 in volume 1 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs, 2d Feb. 1773, by J. Bretherton, No. 134 New Bond Street
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
[2 February 1773]
Call Number:
Folio 75 B87 770 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Volume 1, page 5. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs. Page 45. Bunbury
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A young woman standing on a hill-side directed to right, looking towards the viewer, holding a crook in her right hand, her left at her apron which is looped in her waist-band, her hands joined under her apron, wearing a broad-brimmed hat over a veil, a cross and chain around her neck and a gown with a laced bodice, with three goats and a church on a hill in the background to left; after Bunbury."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Initial letters of artist's name in signature form a monogram., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Mounted on page 45 of: Bunbury album., 1 print : etching and drypoint on laid paper ; sheet 27.0 x 18.1 cm., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs, 2d Feb. 1773, by J. Bretherton, No. 134 New Bond Street
Volume 2, page 25. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs. Page 21. Bunbury
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A young woman is seen from behind, walking away from the viewer with her head turned to the left. A boy holds her right hand and a smaller girl holds her left hand. An instrument hangs from a strap around her shoulders. On the rise above her to the right is a house, and a town is visible in the distance on the left
Description:
Title engraved below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Mounted on page 25 in volume 2 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Publisher:
Publish'd July 10th, 1784, by W. Dickinson, engraver & printseller, No. 158 New Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):
France.
Subject (Topic):
Peasants, Clothing & dress, Musical instruments, and Dwellings